Advisory severityCritical9.1Red Hat Linux

Critical [CVE-2026-75884] Privilege escalation to OpenShift namespace via pod_spec_override injection in container groups

This critical-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-75884; related products: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8.

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CVE-2026-75884 Source published Sep 23, 2026Source updated Sep 23, 2026

VulniPulse record published Sep 23, 2026Record updated Sep 29, 2026

CVE-2026-75884

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Summary

Privilege escalation to OpenShift namespace via pod_spec_override injection in container groups. Red Hat rates this critical (CVSS 9.1).

Weakness: CWE-184. Red Hat lists fixing advisory RHSA-2026:71177 with package automation-controller-0:4.5.36-1.el8ap, automation-controller-0:4.5.36-1.el9ap, ansible-automation-platform-27/controller-rhel9:1789580684, automation-controller-0:4.7.17-1.el9ap.

Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8; Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9; Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8; Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9; and 2 more.

Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9; Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7.

Affected versions

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Fixed versions

automation-controller-0:4.5.36-1.el8ap
automation-controller-0:4.5.36-1.el9ap
ansible-automation-platform-27/controller-rhel9:1789580684
automation-controller-0:4.7.17-1.el9ap
automation-controller-0:4.6.33-1.el9ap
automation-controller-0:4.6.33-1.el8ap
ansible-automation-platform-26/controller-rhel9:1789673739
RHSA-2026:71177

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Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

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